I'm a Christian wife and mother who is simply trying to figure out how to live a life that glorifies God and not myself.

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I'm so glad you stopped by! What you will find here are musings from my own personal Bible study, quotes from authors whose work I respect and other random items I come across. I am a Christian woman, the wife of a pastor, and the mother of four teenagers/adults. My deepest desire in life is to live a life that points those around me to the cross of Jesus.

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Trust Rewarded

I have been feeling a nudge for some time to state, aloud, to myself and God that I would not teach a face to face class at the college this summer. That doesn't seem like a big deal, but the class that I taught last summer paid for our family vacation. But the class also complicated my life when it came to running Take 2 Summer Youth Theater. I'm convinced and convicted that I am to give the best of my time and effort to Take 2 this summer.

So I did it. On the way to the college this morning, I stated, out-loud, that I would trust God to provide for our travel funds (we're hoping to go to see my sister and her family in Texas!) in a way other than a face to face class. When I got to the campus, I checked my e-mail and discovered that my dean had sent me an e-mail about an hour and a half before my verbalized commitment. In the e-mail, she asked me if I would be interested in teaching 2 FlexNet classes. These are classes that do not have a set time to meet and exist completely online. In other words, I can make the class schedule (grading, etc) work around the rest of my life this summer.

I surrendered the option of teaching one face to face class and God handed me the chance at TWICE the number of flexible classes! Talk about trust rewarded!